TripAdvisor Reviews Edinburgh Thistle Guest House

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A full Scottish Buffet for breakfast, which was the exact same as an English breakfast, except the hotel limits the buffet to 6 items, which is a little stingy, but in reality all you need. It was nice to sleep in before setting off to walk the Royal Mile.

A few days ago, we had a foggy walk from St. Bernard's Bridge to The Shore and docks in Leith passing through Stockbridge and St. Mark's Park. Our journey ended at the Victoria Swing bridge built in 1874 and, at the time, the longest swing bridge in the UK! Now it is a pedestrian bridge allowing great views of the The Shore, once an area of industry where ships ...

... the characters face real-world problems; they use abundant profanity in dialogue and musical lyrics; there are episodes of "full puppet nudity" (and puppet sex); and many songs and sub-plots address decidedly adult themes, such as racism, pornography, homosexuality, and schadenfreude." The following day, I watched "Avenue Q: School Edition" which features toned down sexual content and language, with songs such as "The Internet is for Porn" being replaced with "My ...

... the small room where James was born, the War Memorial where the highest point of the rock upon which the castle was built sticks up through the floor, and the vault where the Scottish crown jewels (the crown, scepter and sword) and the Stone of Scone where monarchs sit to be crowned.

After the castle, we began the descent down the Royal Mile – the road that connects Edinburgh Castle with Holyrood Castle. On the way, ...

... for the rest of the tour, and before you know it, you're drinking something called 'adios mother f-er' from a foot long straw in a fishbowl glass!

I didn't make it to the last pub. Another friend and I made our way back to the hostel early because we both knew we drank too much, and went straight to bed. Oops.. Sorry, Mom.. Either way, it was a lot of fun. Needless to say, Nick was the only one out of the group that wasn't a complete zombie the ...